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coeval »
(adjective) of the same or equal age, antiquity, …
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proprioception »
(noun) the sense of the relative position of one'…
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palimpsest »
a manuscript or piece of writing material on whic…
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chthonic »
(adjective) of or relating to the underworld; inf…
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somnambular »
to walk or perform another act while asleep or in…
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It was impossible, as at most openings, to look at the art;…
[...] She said she hoped she would see me again, and the ne…
I would like to say my recognition of this asymmetry led me…
Headaches, disordered speech, weakness, visual disturbances…
With my chopsticks I lifted and dipped the third and final …
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polysemous »
when a word or phrase has multiple meanings (from…
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Poetry arises from the desire to get beyond the finite and …
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desultory »
(adjective) marked by lack of definite plan, regu…
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prosody »
(noun) the study of versification / (noun) the sy…
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ekphrasis »
a rhetorical term originally taught to Greek stud…
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jeremiad »
(noun) a long, mournful complaint or lamentation;…
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“Poetry”: What kind of art assumes the dislike of its audie…
Allen Grossman, whose reading of Caedmon I’m pirating here,…
If you are an adult foolish enough to tell another adult th…
[...] “poetry” denotes an impossible demand. This is one un…
(At the turn of the millennium, when I was the editor of a …
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